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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Nov 27, 2007
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Rekindle childhood memories of soft, chewy molasses, cookies when you turn to this holiday favorite!

Molasses Drop Cookies

  • Prep Time 45 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 54
  • Ingredients 11
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup mild-flavor molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F.
  • Step 
    2
    Mix sugar, butter, shortening, sour cream, molasses and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.
  • Step 
    3
    Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack. Sprinkle with sugar while warm if desired.

Nutrition

100 Calories
5 g Total Fat
1 g Protein
13 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
100
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Cholesterol
5 mg
Sodium
90 mg
Potassium
70 mg
Total Carbohydrate
13 g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Protein
1 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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